Peanut Brittle

Ingredients

Butter 2 cookie sheets.
Cook sugar, corn syrup, and 1 1/3 cups water together in a 3 quart saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
Simmer over low heat until candy thermometer reads 270°.
Add peanuts and butter and continue cooking until thermometer reads 300°.
Remove from heat, add baking soda dissolved in the teaspoon of water.
When foaming has almost stopped, pour out onto the cookie sheets.
Spread thin and let cool.
Break into pieces and wipe bottom of piece to remove excess butter.
Store in airtight container.